Senator Biden appeared on This Week with George Stephanopoulos to discuss the current situation in Iraq. ABC News is providing a free video of the segment on their website.
Following up on remarks he made on Meet the Press on Sunday, Senator Biden again called on President Bush to level with the American people about our progress in Iraq and hold Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld accountable for the situation there.
In another indication that Senator Biden’s message is getting out there, a new CNN/USA Today Gallup poll released Monday found that 9 percent of registered Democrats said they were leaning toward Delaware Democratic Sen. Joe Biden for president in 2008.
In a letter to Senate Democrats, the Bush administration on Friday formally rejected a request for documents from the years Judge John G. Roberts Jr. served as deputy solicitor general, setting up a potential confrontation over material Democrats say is essential to a thorough examination of Mr. Roberts’s Supreme Court nomination.
Ignoring calls that a recess appointment would send a mixed signal to the international community, President Bush gave John Bolton a recess appointment to be the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations.
On Friday, Senator Biden called on President Bush NOT to sidestep the U.S. Senate by giving John Bolton a recess appointment to be the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations.